A Woodland Park police officer parked in a handicapped spot outside Lobosco Insurance, setting off an internal affairs investigation. The man who snapped the photo says an elderly woman was forced to walk across an icy parking lot.Facebook of Rickie Lee Osbun

Woodland Park resident Rickie Lee Osbun, 26, saw the police SUV parked in the handicap space outside Lobosco Insurance at 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday and posted the photo on Facebook a day later. The vehicle didn't have any lights on that would indicate that the officer was responding to a call, he said.

An elderly woman had to park three rows back and walk through an icy parking lot, Osbun told friends in the Facebook post.

Mayor Keith Kazmark told The Record that an internal affairs investigation is underway to determine why the vehicle was parked there.

“Bottom line is, if the officer was there inappropriately, it will be addressed,” Police Chief Anthony Galietti told the daily newspaper.

The identity of the officer driving the vehicle has not been made public.